London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| 1—Individual unfit houses incapable of repair at reasonable expense | |
| Representations (Section 16) | 4 |
| Undertakings to demolish accepted (Section 16) | - |
| Demolition Orders made (Section 17) | 23 |
| Closing Orders made (Section 17) | 4 |
| Housing demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure | 7 |
| Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by the owners and still in force | - |
| Houses made fit by owner (Section 16) | - |
| 2— Parts of buildings unfit for human habitation | |
| (i) Underground rooms closed (Section 18) | 47 |
| (ii) Other rooms (Section 18) | 4 |
| 3—Clearance areas | |
| Unfit houses | 70 |
| Other houses | 2 |
HOUSING STATISTICS
| Number of Dwellings in Borough | 25,211 |
| 1—Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the year:— | |
| (1) (a) Dwellings inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 7,055 |
| (b) Inspections made for the purpose | 13,593 |
| (2) Dwellings inspected and recorded under Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 2,127 |
| (3) Dwellings found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 325 |
| (4) Dwellings found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for habitation | 723 |
2 — Remedy of Defects during the Year without service of Formal Notices:—
| Dwellings rendered fit in consequence, of informal action by the local authority or their officers | 540 |